(1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 35) Gera, East Germany
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight
77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)[1]
Team information
Current team
Team dsm–firmenich PostNL
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
Classics rider Sprinter
Amateur team
2008–2010
Thüringer Energie Team
Professional teams
2011
HTC–Highroad
2012–2016
Project 1t4i
2017–2019
Trek–Segafredo[2]
2020–2021
Lotto–Soudal[3][4]
2022–
Team DSM
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (2018)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (2013)
Vuelta a España
Points classification (2014)
10 individual stages (2012, 2014, 2015)
One-day races and Classics
Milan–San Remo (2015)
Paris–Roubaix (2015)
Gent–Wevelgem (2014)
Paris–Tours (2013)
Vattenfall Cyclassics (2013)
Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop (2011)
Münsterland Giro (2016)
Other
UCI Europe Tour (2012)
Medal record
Representing Germany
World Championships
2010 Melbourne
Under-23 road race
2008 Varese
Under-23 road race
John Degenkolb (born 7 January 1989) is a German professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL.[5] His biggest wins to date are the 2015 Milan–San Remo and the 2015 Paris–Roubaix, two of cycling's five monuments. He is a winner of stages in all three Grand Tours, with ten stages and the points classification at the Vuelta a España, one stage of the Giro d'Italia, and one stage in the Tour de France.
In 2010 he won his first stage race, the Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23, and finished second in the under 23 race at the UCI Road World Championships. Degenkolb also took victory in the 2014 Gent–Wevelgem, the 2013 Vattenfall Cyclassics and was the overall winner of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour.[6][7]
^ ab"John Degenkolb". Tour de France 2013. Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^"Trek-Segafredo announce official 2019 rosters for men and women". Trek Bicycle Corporation. Intrepid Corporation. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^"Steff Cras and Matthew Holmes complete Lotto Soudal's 2020 roster". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 27 October 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
^"Lotto Soudal". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^Benson, Daniel (5 August 2021). "John Degenkolb returns to Team DSM on three-year deal". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^"Degenkolb proud after winning Europe Tour". Argos–Shimano. Project 1t4i. 8 October 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
^Atkins, Ben (8 October 2012). "Paris-Tours heroics secure John Degenkolb the overall Europe Tour". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 22 October 2012.
JohnDegenkolb (born 7 January 1989) is a German professional road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL. His biggest wins...
Degenkolb is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Carl Degenkolb (1796–1862), German industrialist Henry J. Degenkolb (1913–1989)...
Inc. Retrieved 15 April 2019. McCleary, John (15 July 2018). "Tour de France 2018, stage nine: JohnDegenkolb triumphs after Richie Porte crashes out...
the top riders in North America, he'd joined Giant-Alpecin in 2014. "JohnDegenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after...
outsprinted the select group he was part of, crossing the line before JohnDegenkolb. Sagan retained the green jersey as leader of the points classification...
Retrieved December 31, 2017. Weingardt, Richard G. (2002). "Henry JohnDegenkolb and John Alexander Low Waddell". Leadership and Management in Engineering...
finish in Paris–Roubaix, finishing third in a seven-man sprint behind JohnDegenkolb and Štybar. He ended his classics campaign with fifth place in the Amstel...
(Etixx–Quick-Step), André Greipel (Lotto–Soudal), Peter Sagan (Tinkoff–Saxo) and JohnDegenkolb (Team Giant–Alpecin). Kristoff and Cavendish both showed their form...
riders finishing just behind race winner Michael Matthews and runner-up JohnDegenkolb, as they were unable to detect any differences on the images taken from...
Chartres, Northern France. Groenewegen also won stage 8, beating Sagan and JohnDegenkolb in Amiens. In an interview, Groenewegen said that the sprint was "a...
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